Weather and dust proofing device.



B. WISTROM.

WEATHER AND DUST PROOFING DEVICE.

. APPLICATION FILED APII.1.I9I6.

Patented July 25, 1916.

UNITED sTATns PATE :BERNARD wrsr'non, or sTRoMsBUne, NEBRASKA.

.WEATHER AND DUST PROOFING DEVICE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BnRNARD WIsTRoM, a citizen of Sweden, residing at Stromsburg, in the county of Polk, in the State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather and Dust Proong Devices, of which the -ollowing isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in weather and dust proofing devices of the type usually applied to doors to fill the space betweenthebottom of the door and the door sill when the door is closed.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described in the following specification, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated the accompanying drawing which forms a part of said specification 'and in whichl Figure 1 is an end view of my invention -showing its application to a door, the doorv vmost parallel to the body portion as at 2 and flared at their terminations as at 3, 3. The body portion of the strip is formed with parallel rows of depressions 4. Lateral angle pieces are provi ed for engagement with the lateral edges of the strip 1,-each angle piece comprising the sides 5, 6,.which are disposed substantially at right angles` to each other, the sides 5 being formed with the integral teeth 7 spaced from each other, and the sides 6 being bentl inwardly ywith relation tothe sides` 5 to'iformv the curved terminal lips 8 between which and the said sides 6 the lateral edges of the strip `1 are Y Spcication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed April 7, 1916. Serial No. 89,687.

disposed. The edges of a strip ofr'ubber, or slmilar material, 9 are inserted between the -lips 8 and the body portion of the strip 1 and by said members frictionally retained in position, the central portion of the rubber strip being bulged outwardlyand downwardly as' at 10 for frictional engagement with the sill 11 whenthe door is in closed relation. The angle pieces 5, 6 are secured to the door 12 by embedding theteeth 7 therein.` The device being co-extensive with the base, of the door and the door sill, it is obvious it will serve to prevent dust, drafts o' air and the like-from passing between the door and sill when the door is closed.

What-is claimed is Y 1. A weather and dust proo g device comprising oppositely disposed toothed angle' pieces formed with adjacent looped lateral terminations, a strip having bent lateral portions inserted into said looped lateral terminations and a ieXible element t'rictionally 'retained between said looped lateral terminations. and saidy strip and formed with an outwardly and downwardly bulged portion.

2.- A weather and dust proong device comprising oppositely disposed angle pieces each of which is vformed with right-angled sides, teeth lformed on one of said sides, a lip formed on the other of said sides of each angle piece to form a loop therewith; a strip formed with curved lateral portions having flared terminations disposed in the said loops, and a il xible strip having its lateral edges frictio allyl retained between said loops and the aforesaid strip and its central portion bulged outwardly and downwardly between the said angle pieces.

In testimony that l claim Athe foregoing as my ownI have hereto affixed my signa-.

ture in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. BERNARDWSTROM. Witnesses:

ANsnL E. GRAVES, IRA BANTA.

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